John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am talking about the mixed messaging that is going on. In dealing with this legislation I am asking that lessons be learned from that mixed messaging and that some corrections be made because the people are extremely angry with what is going on. They want to see a plan for the reopening of society and the economy. They want to know what their part in it is. They want to know what quarantining is all about and what it means for them. Some people have specific questions about their personal circumstances that they would like answered in the context of the legislation. I hope we will be able to find those answers and that they will be perfectly understood so that we can give some information to the general public.

This is an opportunity to look at the overall narrative that has been set out by the Government in respect of everything to do with quarantining, Covid and so on. The Government needs to take one step back and begin to provide the plans that are necessary to ensure that all of this can be implemented, that the course ahead of us is known and that we are getting buy-in from the general public. Right now, we do not have that buy-in or the leadership required, and too much mixed messaging is going on.

See this speech in context